Nicholas jerolaman



(No Model.)

N. JEROLAMAN.

FOLDING-TABLE.

Patented Jan. 31,1882.

ATTORNEYS.

NTTED STATES PATENT OEErcEo NICHOLAS JEROLAMAN, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN F. HOLMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,879, dated January 31, 1882. Application sied March a, tesi. (No inode To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS JEROLAMAN, of Grand Rapids, in the county ot' Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Folding Table, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved table which can be folded very compactly for transportation, and can be :idj usted in height.

The invention consists infa folding table provided with curved pivoted legs, two of each pair of which are connected by a rail, whereas the other two are pivoted to the rear ends of .g transverse rails on thc under side of the table,

at opposite ends of the same. The rail connecting the other set of legs tits into aser-ies of inclined grooves in the opposite ends of the transverse rails, whereby the inclination of the legs to each other, and consequently the height of the table, cati be adjusted.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the underside of the table. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe under side ot' the table, showing the table folded. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thet'able,sho\v ing it erected.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The table Ais provided with a pair of crossed legs pivotcd to each other at the point ot' intersection at two opposite ends. These two pairs of crossed legs are connected to each other by a bar or rail, B, connecting the points of intersections of thelegs. The upper ends of the inner legs, C, of each pair of legs are connected by a rail, D, and the outer legs, E, ot'

each pair are pivoted at their upper end lo the ends of transverse rails F on the under side of the table. The other ends ot' the transverse rails F are provided on the inner side with a series of grooves, G G, which are inclined from the corresponding outer edge ofthe rails F toward the rear. The inclination of the grooves approaches the vertical line from the outer edge toward the middle. The projecting ends H of the rails D tit into these grooves G Cr. When the tableisfolded theouter legs,E, rest against the inner sides ofthe rails F, but when the table is erected the projections H of the rail D are passed into one of the grooves G on the inner sides otl Athe rails F. If projections H are passed into the innermost grooves Gr the legs will be steep and the table will be higher than if they are passed into the outer grooves.

The within-described table can be folded compactly, and cati be erected or folded very rapidly and conveniently.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pateti An improved folding table having the top A, with the rails F F, having grooves G, and legs E E pivoted to them, and the, legs C C crosspivoted to said legs E E, and connected together by cross-rails D en -raging with said grooves G, substantially as set forth and described.

NICHOLAS JEROLAMAN. Witnesses j e GEO. W. THOMPSON, WILLIS B. PERKINS.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 252,879, granted January 31, 1832, upon the application of Nicholas Jerolalnan, for an iinproven'lent in Folding Tables, the name of the assignee of one half interest was erroneously Written and printed therein John F. l-lolnlan instead of John F. Homan that the correct name is J 0h11 F. Homan that the proper corrections have been made in the les and papers pertaining to the ease in the Patent Office, and are hereby made in said Letters Patent to make the title therein conform to the records of the Patent Oiiiee.

Signed, eountersignetl and sealed this 21st day of February, A. D. 1882.

A. B'ELL, Acting Secretary 0f the Interior.

[SEAL] Uountersigned E. M. MARBLE,

Commissioner of Patents. 

